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Anders Thomas Jensen (born 6 April 1972) is a Danish screenwriter and film director. His film Election Night won the 1998 Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
Anders Thomas Jensen is a Danish writer, director and actor, known for his dark comedies and collaborations with Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Mads Mikkelsen. He has won an Oscar, a Robert and several other awards for his screenplays and films such as In China They Eat Dogs, Brothers and A Royal Affair.
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- Frederiksværk, Denmark
Anders Thomas Jensen. Writer: Riders of Justice. Anders Thomas Jensen was born on 6th April 1972 in Frederiksværk on Sjælland in Denmark to Carl Benny Jensen and Kirsten Jensen (born Sørensen).
May 21, 2021 · Riders of Justice: Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. With Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Lars Brygmann. Markus goes home to his teenage daughter, Mathilde, when his wife dies in a train crash.
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Anders Thomas Jensen is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning short comedy films like Election Night (1995) and The New Tenants (2009). He has also written the drama-thriller movie In a Better World (2010), which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film.
- Male
- Actor
- Danish
- April 6, 1972
Feb 9, 2021 · Anders Thomas Jensen • Director of Riders of Justice. “I love awkward situations, like when you have a funeral and everyone starts laughing” by Marta Bałaga. 09/02/2021 - We talked to the director of the 2021 IFFR opening title, fresh off its wins at Denmark's Robert Awards. (© Anders Overgaard)
Anders Thomas Jensen won an Oscar in 1999 for his short fiction film 'Election Night' and has since written more than 25 features in a wide variety of genres, including collaborations with directors Susanne Bier, Lone Scherfig, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen and Nikolaj Arcel.